Folding hood for carriage bodies



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X. SEITZ FOLDING HOOD FOR CARRIAGE BODIES med April 25. 1927 PatentedOct. 30, 1928.

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yFormater `Hoon ron cheminee Bonnes v Application ined nprn 23, 1927,serial No. 186,134, and in switzerland April as, 15926.

The invention relates to the superstructure of =`a-motor propelledvehicle/and more especially to the construction of a sheet van body withal waterproof cover.

The main object of the invention is to provide a simple and eflicientconstruction of the hoops supporting the waterproof sheet. A furtherobject of the invention consists in the provision ofimproved means toguide the hoops along the supporting rails in such a manner that thehoops are running smoothly in their guides with little friction and withno play.

I attain these and other objects of my invention by the means disclosedin the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side view of a motorpropelled vehicle fitted with the improved folding hood.

Fig. 2 is a top view of the same, Fig. 3 is a side elevationv of the endpart I of a top rib,

,slidably mounted in said frame.

on each side wall r of the body. The rail cl with the pillars Z). formpart of a frame for the drop windows (Z, which windows are longitudinalrail 0 a top guiderail cof U- shaped cross section is placed. The upperends f of the vertical members of said rail e are bent inwardly.Carriages It, each `fitted with two rollers g are mounted to run freelyin the channel formed in the top guide rails e. All the carriages h,running on the same rail c, are interconnected by an endless rope lc,which passes over two guide rollers z', rotatably mounted on a side walle nearA the front and rear ends thereof. A chain may be used instead ofthe rope. Each carriage Z1. is rotatably mounted in the downwardlyprojecting end of a hoop Z. For this purpose each carriage li isprovided with a bolt m, which is screwed into a sleeve n. The sleeve nengages a bore of the end portion of a hoop Z. The carriages ZL thereforare arranged to run freely on the rails e and no jamming of the samewill occur, when the On each carriages Z1. are moved. .The waterproofsheet 0 issupported on the hoops. Z and `is spread or folded accordingto fthe direction in which the carriages `Zu and, therewith, the hoopsZ, are moved. Tho bolt m facilitates the fitting of the charriages it tothe hoops Z.

Bv screwing the bolt m more or less into the sleeve the distance of thehoops Z from the 'topl guide rails e may be varied. Therefore the roofcan be moved with little friction and at the saine time the hoops Zremain in firm connection with the rails e. Each hoop Z rests on springp placed around the bolts m, which springs p absorb the shocks andprevent the rattling when the car is running over rough roads. Tworollers r, which are mounted on a bolt f of the rails e. T e bolt g isslidably arranged in a vertical slot s of the carriage Z1,

and rests on two blade springs Z', fitted on the bolts u of the rollersg. The rollers r, which are pressed against the edges f of the rails cby the springs t, assures a quiet, noiseless running of the carriage Z1.on the rails e.

The hoops Z can be moved on the rails c to the rear part of the cartogether with the folded cover 0 and the carriages Zz. run into thedownwardly projecting portion e of the railse. The hoops Z are movedeither by the rope or chain drives lc, by means of a crank; or by hand.Each hoop stick Z comprises two hollow rods of elliptical cross section.Into the two rods projects a bar o. The bar o is riveted to the onehollow rod and is' slidable in the other rod. To the bar v vtwo flatsprings w are fixed which effect a sliding but tight fit of the rail einthe hollow rod. The use of such adjustable top ribs'Z is suitable,especially for carriage bodies, of Y on said bolt, said hoops havingboresin their v ends in which said sleeves are mounted and a rail toform a race for saldcarriage.'

press against'the edges Q. A folding hood for carriage-bodies comprisingin combination a cover sheet, hoops supporting said sheet, carriages onsaid hoops, each carriage being provided with a bolt and a sleevescrewed on said bolt, said hoops having bores in which said sleeve ismounted, springs between said carriages and the ends of said hoops and arail to guide said carriages.

3. A folding hood for carriage-bodies comprising in combination a coversheet, hoops supporting said sheet, carriages on said hoops, eachcarriage being provided with a bolt connecting said carriage to one ofsaid hoops and :L spring,r on said bolt and between the carriage and theend of the hoop to which said carriage is connected and a channel railto guide said carriages, said carriages having elastically mounted guiderollers operating in the channel of 20 said ruil.

In wltness whereof I alix my signature.

XAVIER SEITZ.

